The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis has said poor funding of agriculture amidst the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, will lead to severe food shortages and hunger in the

Kenya’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has said his comments on doubts about a COVID-19 vaccine were taken out of context. A video of the minister questioning how the vaccine developers

A former President of Ghana Jerry Rawlings is dead. He was aged 73. Rawlings is said to have died Thursday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra.

Aid agencies are unable to restock food, health and other emergency supplies in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where federal troops are fighting with local forces, the United Nations warned on

As many as 200,000 refugees could pour into Sudan while fleeing the deadly conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, officials say, as more than 8,000 people have already crossed the

The Nigeria Army on Wednesday released a list of 86 people wanted in connection with acts of terrorism. They were alleged to be members of the notorious Boko Haram sect.

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday announced on their twitter handle that it has ratified Nigeria’s membership of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) ahead of the December 5 deadline

The United Nations has called on authorities in Mozambique to investigate reports that militants massacred at least 50 villagers and beheaded women and children in the restive northern region of Carbo del

A former governor of Kaduna state Balarabe Musa has died. He was 84 years old. Musa’s daughter also confirmed that his death occurred on Wednesday morning and will be buried

Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar has said the country will soon receive the six Super Tucano aircraft from the United States. The six aircraft are part of the

Nigeria’s bid to set aside the P&ID Limited’s arbitration award has suffered a setback as VR Capital Group Limited has secured a United States’ court ruling to block the federal

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has urged the federal government to build on the conviction of six Boko Haram sponsors by the United Arab Emirate (UAE) by setting up

The United Nations (UN) has boosted Nigeria’s Economic Sustainability Plan with $250 million. The offer, which is aimed at complementing Nigeria’s COVID-19 economic recovery efforts under the Nigerian Economic Sustainability

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday unveiled guidelines for the operation of the Private Sector-led Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme (P-AADS) to facilitate increased private sector agricultural production of

Former Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure, who won acclaim as a champion of democracy, has died at the age of 72. Toure died in Turkey on Monday night, according to

The African Union has called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where federal troops are engaged in an offensive against the local government that they accuse of attacking

A criminal complaint has been filed before a Chief Magistrate’s court in the Nigerian capital Abuja by an activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, against Nigeria’s top celebrities and individuals connected to the

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced plans by his administration to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other

Twenty-five years after the execution of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, his daughter Noo Saro-Wiwa has called on the Nigerian government to grant her father a posthumous pardon. Nigeria’s